18 Nov 2014 11:26

Minsk is most convenient platform for Ukraine dialogue - Russian foreign minister

MINSK. Nov 18 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov believes that Minsk is the optimal platform for consultations aimed at settling the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

"Minsk is quite a comfortable platform for continuing to promote direct dialogue between the Kyiv authorities and representatives of the southeast," Lavrov said at a press conference in Minsk on Tuesday.

"There is no other way to resolve this crisis. The situation in Ukraine causes us serious concern, and Russia and Belarus have consistently spoken in favor of implementing all agreements that were reached in Minsk," he said.